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Risk & Investigations lawyers

Fraud, corruption, tax evasion and money laundering are issues high on the public, political and enforcement agendas around the world. Regulatory and trade bodies’ more stringent restrictions and transparency requirements, as well as improvements in corporate internal controls, have also led to better internal reporting of concerns, generating a new series of challenges in terms of appropriate analysis and investigation of reported issues.

Our Risk & Investigations team of over 400 specialist lawyers across 34 jurisdictions works to safeguard your business and ensure that your organisation can readily demonstrate a consistent and defensible compliance position to regulators, prosecutors, clients and other key stakeholders. Bringing together advisors across the major focus areas for your risk and compliance strategy, including bribery and corruption, money laundering, fraud, competition, sanctions and trade law, data protection and security, environmental, health and safety, and regulatory, we assist in all stages of the compliance lifecycle:

  • reviewing processes, policies, systems and controls across your entire operation;
  • risk management and building effective compliance programmes and corporate cultures;
  • assisting clients with internal investigations following whistle-blowing or the internal detection of irregularities; and
  • managing raids and investigations by the authorities and, where possible, concluding negotiated outcomes.
 
Neil Baylis
Neil Baylis
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Neil has over 20 years experience as a competition law partner and also has significant commercial and regulatory expertise.  He sits as a non-executive director on a number of boards.  His clients...
Tamsin Blow
Tamsin Blow
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Tamsin Blow is a Partner in the Litigation and Arbitration Group, specialising in commercial, media and public law dispute resolution. Tamsin draws on over fifteen years’ experience with the firm to...
Louise Boswell
Louise Boswell
Partner
Solicitor Advocate
United Kingdom, London
Louise Boswell advises on disputes and dispute risk areas in a range of sectors.  She regularly acts on complex commercial contractual disputes including post-acquisition and on termination, and disputes...
Elisabeth Bremner
Elisabeth Bremner
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Elisabeth is a Partner in the Financial Services Regulatory team at CMS. She has more than 25 years’ experience representing financial institutions in cases involving both UK and overseas regulators...
Emma Burnett
Emma Burnett
Partner
Head of Data Protection
United Kingdom, London
Emma Burnett is a partner in the Commercial Team and her practice focuses on data protection, technology and outsourcing. She regularly advises high profile international clients on her core specialism...
Steven Cochrane
Steven Cochrane
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Steven is strategic employment law advisor, working closely with clients across a number of sectors including financial services, life sciences, technology and manufacturing. Steven has developed a particular...
Rachel Cooper
Rachel Cooper
Partner
United Kingdom, Manchester
Rachel Cooper is a Partner and heads CMS’ Professional Discipline and Regulatory team. Since 2006, Rachel has specialised in professional discipline and regulatory advisory work in the healthcare, social...
Colin Hutton
Colin Hutton
Partner
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Colin Hutton has over 25 years' experience in dispute avoidance and resolution. He is dual qualified and advises on both English and Scots law matters, including litigations, arbitrations and mediations...
Olivia Jamison
Olivia Jamison
Partner
Ireland, Dublin
United Kingdom, London
Olivia Jamison has practised environment law for 20 years both at UK and EU level. She is a specialist environment, sustainability and product practitioner.  Olivia is dual qualified in England and Wales...
Graeme MacLeod
Graeme MacLeod
Partner
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Graeme MacLeod is a partner in our Disputes Team in CMS Edinburgh, which is recognised as a market leader in Scotland.  He specialises in commercial litigation and professional negligence claims, and...